EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

This Quarterly Environmental Monitoring and Audit (EM&A) Report is prepared for Contract No. HY/2019/01 ¡§Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Hong Kong Boundary Crossing Facilities ¡V Phase 2 and Other Works¡¨ (hereafter referred to as ¡§the Contract¡¨) for the Highways Department of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR). Contract No. HY/2019/01 was awarded to China Harbour Engineering Co. Limited and Fugro Technical Services Limited (FTS) was appointed as the Environmental Team (ET) by the Contractor.

 

Contract No. HY/2019/01 is part of the ¡§Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Hong Kong Boundary Crossing Facilities¡¨ (HZMB HKBCF) Project which is a ¡§Designated Project¡¨ under Schedule 2 of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Ordinance (Cap. 499) and for which an EIA Report (Register No. AEIAR-145/2009) was prepared and approved. The current Environmental Permit (EP) for HKBCF, namely No. EP-353/2009/K, was issued on 11 April 2016. These documents are available through the EIA Ordinance Register. Commencement of the Contract took place on 4 December 2019 and the construction site preparation works commenced in early February 2020.

 

Fugro Technical Services Limited (FTS) has been appointed by the Contractor to implement the Environmental Monitoring & Audit (EM&A) programme for the Contract in accordance with the Updated EM&A Manual for HKBCF (Version 1.0) and is providing environmental team services for the Contract.

 

This is the 4th Quarterly EM&A Report for the Contract which summaries findings of the EM&A programme during the reporting period from 1 December 2020 to 28 February 2021.

 

Environmental Monitoring and Audit Progress

The Quarterly EM&A programme was undertaken in accordance with the Updated EM&A Manual for HKBCF (Version 1.0). It should be noted that the air quality, noise and the post-construction dolphin monitoring works for the Contract are covered by Contract No. HY/2019/01 ¡§Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Hong Kong Boundary Crossing Facilities ¡V Phase 2 and Other Works¡¨. The ET of the Contract or another ET of the HZMB project is required to conduct impact air quality monitoring at AMS6 as part of EM&A programme if the impact air quality monitoring work is no longer covered by Contract No. HY/2011/03 respectively. However, this is subject to ENPO¡¦s final decision on which ET should carry out the monitoring work at these stations.

 

Breaches of Action and Limit Levels

No Action and Limit Level exceedance was recorded for air quality monitoring in the reporting period. Also, no Action and Limit Level exceedance was recorded for construction noise monitoring in the reporting period.

 

Complaint Log

No complaints were received in the reporting period.

 

Notifications of any Summons and Successful Prosecutions

No notifications of summons and prosecutions were received in the reporting period.

 

Reporting Change

Due to the existing air quality monitoring location AMS7B would be hand over back to Airport Authority for their construction works. A new alternative air quality monitoring location is still under processing. Air quality monitoring location AMS7B was temporary suspended, effective from 10 December 2020.

 

 


 

Contents

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY  1

1.          INTRODUCTION   5

2.         EM&A REQUIREMENTS  7

3.         ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND AUDIT  9

4.         ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLAINT AND NON-COMPLIANCE  11

5.         CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION   12

 


Figures

Figure 1          The Site Layout Plan of the Contract  

Figure 2         The Location of the Air Quality Monitoring Station

Figure 3         The Location of the Noise Monitoring Station

Figure 4         Post-Construction Dolphin Monitoring Line Transect Layout Map

 


Appendices

Appendix A  Construction Programme

Appendix B  Project Organization Chart

Appendix C  Action and Limit Levels

Appendix D Event and Action Plan

Appendix E  Implementation Status of Environment Mitigation Measures (Construction Phase)

Appendix F  Summary of Site Audit in the Reporting Period

Appendix G  Waste Flow Table

Appendix H Cumulative statistics on Environmental Complaints, Notifications of Summons and Successful Prosecutions

Appendix I   HZMB Dolphin Final Review Report

 

 

 


1.       INTRODUCTION

1.1    Background

1.1.1               Fugro Technical Services Limited was commissioned by China Harbour Engineering Co. Limited (also referred to as ¡§the Contractor¡¨) to undertake the Environmental Team (ET) services (including environmental monitoring and audit (EM&A)) for Contract No. HY/2019/01 ¡§Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Hong Kong Boundary Crossing Facilities ¡V Phase 2 and Other Works¡¨.

1.1.2               Contract No. HY/2019/01 is part of the ¡§Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Hong Kong Boundary Crossing Facilities¡¨ (HZMB HKBCF) Project which is a ¡§Designated Project¡¨ under Schedule 2 of the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Ordinance (Cap. 499) and for which an EIA Report (Register No. AEIAR-145/2009) was prepared and approved. The current Environmental Permit (EP) for HKBCF, namely No. EP-353/2009/K, was issued on 11 April 2016. These documents are available through the EIA Ordinance Register. The general layout of the Project area is shown in Figure 1. Commencement of the Contract took place on 4 December 2019 and the construction site preparation works commenced in early February 2020.

1.1.3               This is the 4th Quarterly EM&A report to document the findings of site inspection activities and EM&A programme carried out by the Contractor of Contract No. HY/2019/01 from 1 December 2020 to 28 February 2021 (reporting period) and is submitted to fulfil Condition 5.4 of the EP.

1.2    Project Description

1.2.1               The works to be executed under Contract No. HY/2019/01 include the following major items:

¡P       Landscaping and establishment works;

¡P       Irrigation system and associated drainage pumping system and facilities;

¡P       Erection and installation in the Passenger Clearance Building;

¡P       Public transport interchange (PTI) public toilet, satellite refuse collection point (RCP) and observation guard booths;

¡P       PTI cross boundary shuttle (CBS) / cross boundary coach (CBC) lanes and covered walkway;

¡P       Vehicle clearance plazas (VCP) vehicle kiosks and associate automatic vehicle clearance supporting system (AVCSS).

1.3    Project Organization

1.3.1               The Project Organization structure is shown in Appendix B. The key personnel contact names and numbers are summarized in Table 1.1.

Table 1.1              Contact Information of Key Personnel

Party

Position

Name

Telephone

Engineer or Engineer¡¦s

Representative

(AECOM Asia Co. Ltd.)

Senior Resident Engineer

Mr. Jason Yu

3748 8903

Resident Engineer

Mr. Winston Wong

3748 8918

Resident Engineer

Mr. Gordon Kok

3748 8967

Environmental Project Office / Independent Environmental Checker

(Ramboll Hong Kong Limited)

Environmental Project Office Leader

Mr. Y. H. Hui

3465 2888

Independent Environmental Checker (IEC)
(until 11 April 2021)

Mr. Manson Yeung

9700 6767

Independent Environmental Checker (IEC)
(from 12 April 2021)

Mr. Brian Tam

9700 6767

Environmental Site Supervisor

Mr. K. C. Chan

3465 2882

Contractor

(China Harbour Engineering Co. Ltd)

Environmental Manager

Mr. Marko Chan

9427 2879

Environmental Officer

Mr. Matthew Wu

6076 2675

Environmental Team

(Fugro Technical Services Limited)

Environmental Team Leader

(ETL)

Mr. Calvin Leung

3565 4441

1.4    Construction Programme and Activities

1.4.1               The site layout plan of the Contract is shown in Figure 1.

1.4.2               The construction programme of this Contract is shown in Appendix A.

1.5    Works undertaken during the report period

1.5.1               The main construction works carried out in the reporting period were as follow:

¡P          Excavation at Vehicle Clearance Plaza (VCP) and WA3 (land-based);

¡P          Road & Drain works at South Public Transport Interchanges (SPTI), North Public Transport Interchanges (NPTI) and Vehicle Clearance Plaza (VCP) (land-based);

¡P          Vertical access at Passenger Clearance Building (PCB) (land-based);

¡P          Covered Walkway at South Public Transport Interchanges (SPTI) and North Public Transport Interchanges (NPTI) (land-based);

¡P          Public Toilet at North Public Transport Interchanges (NPTI) (land-based);

¡P          Kiosks Construction at Vehicle Clearance Plaza (VCP) (land-based);

¡P          Landscape Works at G1 and G5 (land-based);

¡P          Conceal Conduits Works at Vehicle Clearance Plaza (VCP) (land-based);

¡P          E&M Works at South Public Transport Interchanges (SPTI) (land-based).

 

 

2.       EM&A REQUIREMENTS

2.1    Summary of EM&A Requirement

2.1.1               The Quarterly EM&A programme was undertaken in accordance with the Updated EM&A Manual for HKBCF (Version 1.0). It should be noted that the air quality, noise and the post-construction dolphin monitoring works for the Contract are covered by Contract No. HY/2019/01 ¡§Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge Hong Kong Boundary Crossing Facilities ¡V Phase 2 and Other Works¡¨.

2.1.2               According to the Contract Specific EM&A Manual, air quality monitoring at station AMS2, AMS3C and AMS7B, and noise monitoring at station NMS2 and NMS3C are covered by Contract No. HY/2019/01. It should be noted that the air quality monitoring at station AMS6 is covered by Contract No. HY/2011/03. The ET of the Contract or another ET of the HZMB project is required to conduct impact air quality monitoring at AMS6 as part of EM&A programme if the impact air quality monitoring work is no longer covered by Contract No. HY/2011/03 respectively. However, this is subject to ENPO¡¦s final decision on which ET should carry out the monitoring work at these stations.

2.1.3               The most updated air and noise locations are summarized in Table 2.1. The locations of the air quality and noise monitoring stations shown in Figure 2 and Figure 3, respectively.

Table 2.1              Air Quality and Noise Monitoring Location

Environmental Monitoring

Monitoring Station

Location

Air Quality

AMS2

Tung Chung Development Pier

AMS3C

Ying Tung Estate Market Rooftop

AMS6

Dragonair / CNAC (Group) Building (HKIA)

AMS7B

Third Runway Site Office

Noise

NMS2

Seaview Crescent

NMS3

Ying Tung Estate Refuse Collection Point

Remarks:

1.        The ET of this Contract should conduct impact air quality monitoring at station AMS6 listed in the table as part of EM&A programme according to latest notification from ENPO when the monitoring station is no longer covered by another ET of the HZMB project.

2.        The Limit Levels for schools will be applied for NMS3C.

2.1.4               The remaining post-construction dolphin monitoring works under Contract No. HY/2013/04 ¡§HZMB HKBCF ¡V Infrastructure Works Stage II (Southern Portion)¡¨ were completed from 1 March 2020. The ET of Contract No. HY/2019/01 is required and continues the full implementation of environmental monitoring commencing on 1 March 2020.

2.1.5               Currently, the role of dolphin monitoring and data collection are still under Contract No. HY/2012/08 ¡§Tuen Mun-Chek Lap Kok Link ¡V Northern Connection Sub-sea Tunnel Section¡¨. To avoid redundancy in the monitoring effort, the findings of Contract No. HY/2012/08 were used for this reporting period. The dolphin monitoring programme have adopted the standard line-transect method (Buckland et al. 2001) to survey the pre-set and fixed transect lines defined by AFCD in the Northeast Lantau (NEL) and Northwest Lantau (NWL) survey areas.

2.1.6               According to the Proposal on Post-construction Dolphin Monitoring (PCDM) prepared by Contract No. HY/2013/ 04 which has been verified and approved by ENPO and EPD respectively, the tentative completion date of the PCDM is in February 2021. Therefore, the reporting of Chinese White Dolphins (CWD) monitoring works under this contract was completed on 1 March 2021.

2.2    Monitoring Requirement

2.2.1               The monitoring requirements, monitoring equipment, monitoring parameters, frequency and duration, monitoring methodology, monitoring schedule, meteorological information are detailed in the monthly EM&A report prepared for this Contract.

2.2.2               The air quality monitoring requirements, monitoring equipment, monitoring parameters, frequency and duration, monitoring methodology, monitoring schedule, meteorological information for AMS6 are detailed in the monthly EM&A report prepared for Contract No. HY/2011/03.

2.3    Action and Limit Levels

2.3.1               The Action and Limit Levels for noise impact monitoring have been set and are presented in Appendix C.

2.4    Event and Action Plans

2.4.1               The event and action plans for air quality and noise monitoring are presented in Appendix D.

2.5    Mitigation Measures

2.5.1               The Contractor had implemented environmental mitigation measures and requirements as stated in the EIA Reports, the EP and EM&A Manuals. The implementation status of the environmental mitigation measures during the reporting period is summarized in Appendix E.

 

 

3.       ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING AND AUDIT

3.1    Air Quality Monitoring Results

3.1.1               1-hour TSP and 24-hour TSP impact monitoring at AMS2, AMS3C and AMS7B were carried out in the reporting period, the monitoring results are reported in the monthly EM&A Report prepared for this Contract.

3.1.2               There was no Action / Limit Level exceedance of 1-hour TSP level and 24-hour TSP level at AMS2, AMS3C and AMS7B was recorded during the reporting period.

3.1.3               The monitoring results for AMS6 are reported in the monthly EM&A Reports prepared for Contract No. HY/2011/03.

3.1.4               Summary of Action and Limit Level exceedance of 1-hour TSP level and 24-hour TSP level at AMS6 shall be referred to the monthly EM&A report prepared by Contract No. HY/2011/03.

3.2    Noise Monitoring Results

3.2.1               Construction noise monitoring were carried out in the reporting period, the monitoring results for NMS2 and NMS3C are reported in the monthly EM&A Reports prepared for this Contract.

3.2.2               There was no Action / Limit Level exceedance for construction noise at NMS2 and NMS3C was recorded during the reporting period.

3.2.3               School calendar of Ho Yu College was checked against noise monitoring days at NMS3C.

3.3    Dolphin Monitoring Results

3.3.1               In accordance with the requirements of the updated EM&A manual, the dolphin monitoring programme have adopted the standard line-transect method (Buckland et al. 2001) to survey the pre-set and fixed transect lines defined by AFCD in the Northeast Lantau (NEL) and Northwest Lantau (NWL) survey areas.

3.3.2                              Dolphin Final Review Report was submitted on 28 November 2022 and verified by IEC on 2 December 2022. Details of the final review of dolphin monitoring for HKBCF are presented in Appendix I.

3.4    Site Inspection

3.4.1               Site inspections were carried out weekly to monitor the implementation of proper environmental pollution control and mitigation measures for the Project. A summary of the mitigation measures implementation schedule is provided in Appendix E.

3.4.2               13 weekly environmental site inspections were carried out in the reporting period. Details of observations recorded during the site inspections are presented in Appendix F.

3.4.3               6 Bi-weekly Landscape and Visual Site audits were carried out by a Registered Landscape Architect in the reporting period.

3.5    Advice on the Solid and Liquid Waste Management Status

3.5.1               The Contractor registered as a chemical waste producer for the Contract. Sufficient numbers of receptacles were available for general refuse collection and sorting. 

3.5.2               The summary of waste flow table is detailed in Appendix G.

3.5.3               If off-site disposal is required, the excavated marine mud from the land-based works shall be disposed of at the designated disposal sites within Hong Kong as allocated by the Marine Fill Committee or other locations as agreed by the Director. The Contractor shall ensure no spilling and overflowing of materials during loading / unloading / transportation is allowed.

The Contractor was reminded that chemical waste containers should be properly treated and stored temporarily in designated chemical waste storage area on site in accordance with the Code of Practice on the Packing, Labelling and Storage of Chemical Waste.


 

4.       ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLAINT AND NON-COMPLIANCE

4.1    Environmental Exceedance

4.1.1               No Action and Limit Level exceedance of 1-hr TSP level and 24-hr TSP level recorded at station AMS2, AMS3C and AMS7B in the reporting period.

4.1.2               Summary of Action and Limit Level exceedance of 1-hour TSP level and 24-hour TSP level at AMS6 shall be referred to the monthly EM&A report prepared by Contract No. HY/2011/03.

4.1.3               No Action / Limit Level exceedance for construction noise at NMS2 and NMS3C was recorded during the reporting period.

4.2    Complaints, Notification of Summons and Prosecution

4.2.1               No environmental complaint, notification of summons and successful prosecution were received in the reporting period.

4.2.2               Cumulative complaint log, summaries of complaints, notification of summons and successful prosecutions are presented in Appendix H.


 

5.       CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION

5.1    Conclusions

5.1.1               1-hour TSP and 24-hour TSP impact monitoring at AMS2, AMS3C and AMS7B were carried out in the reporting period, no Action / Limit Level exceedance was recorded during the period.

5.1.2               Summary of Action and Limit Level exceedance of 1-hour TSP level and 24-hour TSP level at AMS6 shall be referred to the monthly EM&A report prepared by Contract No. HY/2011/03.

5.1.3               Construction noise monitoring were carried out in the reporting period, no Action / Limit Level exceedance was recorded during the period.

5.1.4                              Dolphin Final Review Report was submitted on 28 November 2022 and verified by IEC on 2 December 2022. Details of the final review of dolphin monitoring for HKBCF are presented in Appendix I.

5.1.5               13 weekly environmental site inspections were carried out in the reporting period. Recommendations on mitigation measures for air quality impact, water quality impact and chemical and waste management were given to the Contractor for remediating the deficiencies identified during the site inspections.

5.1.6               6 Bi-weekly Landscape and Visual Site audits were carried out by a Registered Landscape Architect in the reporting period.

5.1.7               Referring to the Contractor¡¦s information, no environmental complaint, notification of summons and successful prosecution was received in the reporting period.

5.2    Comment and Recommendations

5.2.1               The recommended environmental mitigation measures, as proposed in the EIA reports and EM&A Manuals shall be effectively implemented to minimize the potential environmental impacts from the Project. The EM&A programme would effectively monitor the environmental impacts generated from the construction activities and ensure the proper implementation of mitigation measures.

5.2.2               According to the environmental site inspections performed in the reporting period, the following recommendations were provided:

 

Air Quality Impact

¡P          Contractor was reminded any activities cause dust rising should be sprayed with water.

¡P          Contractor was reminded to increase the frequency of water spray.

¡P          Contractor was reminded washing facilities should be provided at all exit.

¡P          Contractor was reminded washing facilities should be a proper function.

¡P          Contractor was reminded dusty material should be cleared.

¡P          Contractor was reminded that water spray should be provided to prevent dusty arising.

Construction Noise Impact

¡P          No specific observation was identified in the reporting period.

Water Quality Impact

¡P          Contractor was reminded that stagnant water should be removed.

Chemical and Waste Management

¡P          No specific observation was identified in the reporting period.

Landscape and Visual Impact

¡P          No specific observation was identified in the reporting period.

Permit/ Licenses

¡P          Contractor was reminded NRMM label should be provided or replaced.

¡P          Contractor was reminded EP should be provided at all entrance.

Others

¡P          No specific observation was identified in the reporting period.